Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-03-31

And now q Democratic administration.
elected by chance, relying upon solid
South count your electoral vote as GER
tain quantity, and absolutely indifferent
to your interests. scheme and plan by the
concentration Of patronage aid the free
trade ideas of the great commercial city
of New York to carry the State of New
York for the Democratic ticket. That
party In New York combines the worst
elements of political life In the United
States all the corruption fittingly repre-
sented by Boss Tweed-the machine poll
tics of the clubs, the foreign interests OF
free trade. and thus with great major
iiy in the city overrule the voice and vote
of the sturdy yoemanry of that State,
which, outside of the city, is strongly
Republican. In this way they would
confine your industries to the growth OF
cotton. and keep you out Of the profitable
development of,your resources and pre-
vent that natural affinity of ideas and in
terests which formerly bound the great
central and Western States together. II
is this unholy alliance that we should
break up union of the manhood and
patronism OF the country North and South
in the support of what Henry Clay called
the American policy Of developed indus.
tries and internal improvement.
Take another question in which you
are as deeply interested as any portion OF
the people Of the United States, and thati is
THE CURRENCY QUESTION.
The Republican party has for the first
time in its history furnished TO the peo-
ple of the United States an admirable
currency of uniform value, composed of
greenbacks, National Bank notes, coin
certificates, gold and silver coin, all equal
10 gold and equal 10 each other. These
measures were adopted from time to time,
and were finally perfected by the rcsump-
tion of specie payments in 1879. Every
measure proposed and adopted in regard
to currency has been the work OF the Re
publican party, opposed tenaciously by
the Democratic party, and yet every man
of ordinary sense can appreciate the
enormous advantages which this system
has brought MS. Compare it with the
currency of the good old Democratic
times when silver and gold were scarcely
known TO your people, when your cur
| rency was in ragged red.dog banknotes
and shinplasters, easily counterfeited, OF
local circulation and uncertain value
when exchange was against you and your
money at perpetual discount. Within
a few days | have been 10 Cuba and had
| an experience with this kind of money
A gold dollar was worth 100 cents, n pa
per dollar was worth 40 cents and intrin
sically worth pothing. Why Is 1t thatstbe
Democratic party In olden times, when Il
had almost continuous. power, could not
deal with the currency questions II was
simply because, from their narrow no.
lions of the powers OF the national
government. they would not allow or
denied, the power of Congress to pro:
vide national currency. The untold
loss by their system Of finance to the peo.
Pile ofiall.the West can only be measured
| by hundreds Of millions of dollars. Our
democratic friends were no doubt honest
in their view of the situation, but the re.
suit was the common misfortune OF us all
and even now. enjoying all the blessings
of sound currency, they are constantl,
talking about fat money. cheap money.
rs If this kind money was not as II has al
ways proved to be, mode by which thu
poor are deprived of the fruits OF their In
Dor and the rich fattep upon the profits
, of the exchange.
How do our Democratic friends now
deal with another money question Re
publican administrations thought one
hundred and forty million enough maxi
mum reserve in the Treasury for current
expenditure and TO maintain specie pay
ments In the campaign of 1884 our De.
mocratic friends promised to dissipate
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enough money among the people to buy
each Democratic family two barrels OF
flour. They promised to cut loose from
the Shylocks of Wall street. What has
been the result Of the Democratic victory
, Il he reserve has been constantly increas
: cd instead of diminished, and at times
the surplus above all demands was ovel
$500, ,000, ,000 The silver which our De
/, mocratic friends favored as the cheaper
form Of currency, which the Government
I bought at 81 an ounce coined as none,
, at 81. .25 an ounce, was stored away In
i vaults instead OF being represented anC
i used In form OF certificates for the pur-
chase Of gold coin and bullion as previous
i Administrations had done. Now wher
, accumulation of money threatens to alb
sorb the life. blood Of business, when th,
r money cannot be applied to the paymen
4 of the public debt as heretofore, this Ad
A ministration makes proposition, suggest
n no cxpcdient to reduce the surplus, The
! President will not allow II TO be expend
!, ed to improve your rivers and harbors
~ Carlisle will not even allow vote on tn
i. redu ction. of the tobacco tax. Randa
q wants 1t taken of of whisky used in th
n arts. Together they oppose a reduc,io
q. of the sugar tax or the payment of
=. bounty for the production of domesti
h. sugar. They cripple the National Bank
BY refusing them facilities to supply tn
" void, and the result Is we will have a
N N extra session Of Congress to relieve th
NJ stingency Of the money market. 1t woul
a. be hard to measure what our Democrat
~ friends don't know about finance and cu
: rency.
os THE BLAIR BILL.
"a SO also as to the education Of the pee
~ pie. The Republican party is In favor q
1, aiding the States in the education Of I'LL
n crate children by liberal appropriation
H. of public money. This Is considered a
4. object Of the higest public policy, ia
,g without intelligence no people can safel
IL be trusted with political power This
a, especially true as to the South, where
r large population has been converted b
he the results OF the war into citizens wit
ma political power. Asto these at any rai
,r there could be no question that II Is Il
70 duty Of Congress TO provide for at least Il
~. elements OF education. Itso happens tn
q. on account OF the scarcity Of populate
ar Of the South and the abolition Of SLAYER.
!, the proportion Of illiterates Is niue
nj greater here than In the North. where !
or such condition have existed aud whel
of the great mass Of children have receive
,er the elements OF education at the expen
~ Of the State, and yet, Northern Repub
mt mi cans have been willing out Of the col
Nv mon treasury 10 pay to the Southe
nd States proportion OF this money two
I'm three times greater than to the same nnl
,od Nd, ber Of people IN the Northern States.
~. ltha last Gnn UreaQ the Sonata Of tho I'm